Doc: Up in 'down' year, XU ran into 'Havoc'

10:26 AM,
Feb. 24, 2013

Loading Photo Galleries ...

Written by

The Xavier Musketeers have played themselves into the role of lurkers. If they make the NCAA tournament now, they'll have to do it from the weeds. The math wasn't promising before Saturday's loss to VCU. Now, it's quantum mechanics.

And make no mistake. Making the Madness is all that matters on Victory Parkway. Success means rising to new heights. Expectations climb the same hill. At Xavier, No Tournament = Down Year. The Musketeers were great Saturday, and then they weren't. They disappeared as fast as they dominated. After 40 minutes, all that remained was a vapor trail from VCU's ...